Baseball-bat and method of making same



G. B. MILES.

BASEBALL BAT AND METHOD 0F MAKING SAME.

APPLICATION FILED HAR, I9, I920. 1,367,492. Patented Feb. 1,1921.

INVENTOR.

A TTORNEYJ suenen B. Mrnns; or

W'ASHINGTON,

ILLINOIS..

BASEBALL-BAT ANB :METHOD 0F MAKING- SAME.

Application 'Elea `iaarch 19, 3.926.

To @ZZ 107mm t may concern Be it known that I, Geenen B. llt/litres, acitizen of the United States, residing at l/Vashington, in the county ofTazewell and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Baseballdats and Methods of Making Same7 of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relatesA to a baseball bat and a method of forming thesame and has for one of its objects the provision of an indestructiblebat formed of a multiplicity of longitudinal straight grained rodsgrouped with a glue of insoluble character lirmly binding the separaterods together to form a composite article. It is to be noted that whilethe invention is herein referred to as adaptable for the manufacture ofbaseball bats, it is nevertheless equally well adaptable to themanufacture of any kind of articles such as masts., poles and the likewherein great strength with a requisite degree of resiliency arerequired. Ideretofore, in playing` base-ball, games have often been lostby the breaking of a bat which would spoil an otherwise good hit. rlhebreaking of the hat, aside from sometimes losing the game for the sideat bat also causes great inconven ience to the player who may have beenparticularly used to the bat which is broken and7 suddenly deprived ofits use, his playing is impaired,

In former days willow was the wood which gave the greatest resiliency ina bat for baseball, out due to the fact that bats made of willow were soeasily fractured. it was iinally discarded in favor of tougher woodssuch as hickory and the like.

However, with the present invention the return to favor of the willowbat is assured by reason of the fact that the bat according to thepresent invention built from longitudinally disposed straight grainedindividual elements grouped together in composite form provides a willowbat which is equal if not superior in strength to any single piece ofhickory, oak, ash or other material.

A further object of the invention resides in so assembling the bat thatthe weight may be properly distributed throughout the length of the batfor accurate balancing of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a bat Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented I* el). it, 12921.

Serial No. 3671137.

constructed according to the present invention with a portion of thesurface thereof scraped away to show the construction;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l showing the longitudinalstraight grained elements or rods grouped ready to receive the insolubleglue which forms the binder therefor;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the grouped rods or elements shown in Fig.2;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4- of Fig.. 3 showing the individualrods or elements worked to shape by compression or otherwise;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the rods.

In detail:

The invention as herein shown. illustrates a baseball bat l formed of amultiplicity of separate straight grained wooden rods 2 which aregrouped as indicated in Fig. 2 and immersed or otherwise filled with acoinposition forming an insoluble glue which, when the glue isthoroughly dried7 firmly binds the separate rod-like elements l into acomposite article.

In manufacturing the bat the said assembled rod-like elements may bepressed to shape before the hardening of the glue filler or the gluefiller may be allowed. to harden and the composite piece thus formediinally worked to shape by turning or, if desirable, the composite groupfilled with glue may be pressed to a desired form and afterward workedby turning or spoke shaving to the linal form.

By the use of a multiplicity of round straight grained longitudinallydisposed wooden rods the strength of a bat thus cornpositely formed isfar in excess of bats formed of built-up mortise segments.

I am aware that, in the past there have been patented numerous batswhich have been built-up to composite form from pieces of wood sawed orcut to shape for assembling into a mortised structure but so far as I amaware no previous hat, mast or staff has been formed of a series oflongitudinal straight grained wooden rods assembled with a filler ofglue in the `manner herein described.

I claim l. A bat consisting of a plurality of small straight-grainedwooden rods disposed 1ongtudnally of the bat and extending from and toend heee, alle?, an insoluble binder ncosieg ali 'the rods and ilnfg theimeistices between them.

2. The method of producing" a bat which csnssts in assembling a pualtyof.: small Wooden rods each equal in len'th to the Laenge eugth of thefinished bat, mmelsing the assembe, ms t1 an nsolube binde?, dfy ing hebne and Wolfi ing Jhe dried nssembage 50 Shape.

En testimony Whereo' my signature.

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